The wife -- the ravishing Mrs Thothythoth -- is used to it by now, but at first she was puzzled by the fact that I speak to our pets. She would come downstairs in the morning convinced that I had been speaking to someone on the phone.
"Who were you talking to?" she would ask.
"The dog." I would reply.
"No," she would insist, "you were having a conversation with someone."
"Hardly," I would mutter, "the dog always interrupts me. And he rolls his eyes at me. He's so rude..."
and so it goes, dear reader.
As I said, she is used to it now. The other day, she was in another room and she overheard our conversation...
"Did I just hear you give the dog a detailed schedule for the day?" she asked.
"Yes," I replied, "he's very interested in brunch and has requested extra bacon. Then we have a long walk planned at 1pm, followed by a brief nap while I do yardwork. Another walk is planned at 4pm, followed by a light snack and cocktails. Dinner is at 6:30pm. And I told him I was going to take him out at midnight to watch the Leonid Meteor Shower."
Her response to me is almost always a variation on this:
"You are so retarded."
But.
But, dear reader, listen to me: I think the dog understands everything we say. EVERYTHING. And I believe the ravishing Mrs Thothythoth knows this.
The other morning, I was drinking coffee in the kitchen and I heard her quietly talking to the dog in the hallway by the front door:
"Now listen to me, we're going to go to the back yard. You are going to take care of business and you are not -- you are NOT -- going to chase the neighbor's cat. Got it? Good."
I have trained them well.
COMMENTS
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ivytamwood
21:11 Nov 19 2013
i believe it. our dogs are very smart and very receptive to whatever we say. dogs understand language
Lylia
23:13 Nov 19 2013
~nods
Good job.
Morrigon
02:51 Nov 20 2013
I do so enjoy conversing with the dogs... However I fear that Pai is a bit of a prude because he takes serious offense to curse words, which I use often. Any advice?
Vampirewitch39
16:31 Nov 20 2013
lol
:)
My dogs always understand a few words-
bacon
bath
pee time
Let's go to bed *runs and beats me to it*
NO *as they still do whatever got me to say it, looking at me like I am speaking cat instead of dog*
Good dog *usually gets a look of "of course, silly woman duh!"*
Love my little puppy... *follow by hugs, kisses*
And how doesn't enjoy the tail wag, happy to see you welcome you get from them? :D
Nedra
01:57 Nov 25 2013
They are the wisest among us
dabbler
16:26 Jan 03 2014
Three words, "Son of Sam". JK
Isis101
22:14 Jan 21 2014
LOL!